Merchandising Assistant

Mamas & Papas; Huddersfield; Hybrid; GBP 20,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid flexi office

Free car parking

Staff discounts

Pension contribution

Bonus schemes

Job summary

Mamas & Papas, Huddersfield Head Office, is seeking a Merchandising Assistant to support the commercial heart of the business. You’ll focus on data entry, discrepancy tracking, and coordinating with production to ensure products are right, in the right place, and at the right time.

Ideal for someone who enjoys spreadsheets and solving data puzzles, with a collaborative mindset and a drive to learn within a global multi-channel merchandising team.

Qualifications

• Data entry and data integrity checking.
• Tracking and reporting data discrepancies across production, shipping, pricing.
• Coordinate with multiple departments and production teams.
• Ensure the right products are in the right place at the right time.

Responsibilities

• Produce weekly/monthly trade analyses and stock intakes (WSSI).
• Forecast supply and demand strengths, opportunities and risks.
• Collaborate with stores, online, marketing, finance, and sales teams.
• Support profitability goals through data-driven insights.

Job description

Merchandise -Clothing, Interiors, Toys & Gifts

Huddersfield (Head Office)

Overview

So what is a Merchandising Assistant? No, that’s visual merchandising, but don’t worry, everyone says that.

This type of Merchandise department is quite often regarded as the commercial heart of a business. Based at Head Office, a Merchandise department will make a number of commercially analytical recommendations & decisions.

A Merchandise department will:
**Produce weekly & monthly trade analysis reports to the business on key product categories including the weekly sales & stock intakes (WSSI)

**Identify supply & demand strengths, weaknesses, opportunities & threats, as well as sales & profitability.

**Work closely with our Hong Kong office, global manufacturing & supplier partners to understand & forecast supply flow, timings, scenarios & solutions.

**Work closely with our stores, online, marketing, finance, & our UK & International sales teams to limit overstock, or understock scenarios, & in creating cost effective solutions where needed.

Basically, making sure the business commercially maximises profitability from analysing & forecasting supply & demand.

So as part of global multichannel Merchandise department, your role as a Merchandising Assistant is to support the team in accomplishing the above looking at:

• Data Entry
• Tracking & reporting on any discrepencies in the data & requirements, whether production, shipping, order or pricing variances as just a few exmaples.
• Communicating with various departments and production to understand any discrepencies.
• ...all making sure we have the right products, in the right place, at the right time, in the right volume, at the right amount.

This is an unbelievable opportunity for someone wanting to take that initial step into a “business” role. Ideal for someone who loves unearthing the mysteries of a good excel spreadsheet or two. Someone who is solutions minded, a strong communicator, and wants to learn.

****We at Mamas & Papas are committed to championing people of all cultures, ethnicities and gender preferences, and in celebrating diversity in all its forms through our campaigns, recruitment and our actions. We strongly believe in the power of inclusivity to help us all move forward in life
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We're a business that cares. Here’s just some of our benefits on offer;

• 33 days holiday, increasing up to 40 with service.
• Buy & Sell holiday schemes
• Company Bonus Schemes
• Employer pension contribution from day 1 enrolment.
• Significant staff discounts for family & friends from our shops & online
• Ongoing offers & discounts across a variety of external organisations, from holidays, travel, restaurants, gifts & services to many more worthy discounts through our Benefits Hub
• Subsidised health & critical illness cover and insurances
• Supportive family related leave policies (including company enhanced pay for maternity, IVF & Fertility, surrogacy, paternity, adoption, shared parental leave)
• Supportive Foster Care & Carers Leave offering
• Support for Loss and Bereavement
• A Menopause Friendly Employer
• Employee Recognition and Appreciation Schemes
• At Mamas & Papas, we’re a business for the future. Every day, we help to welcome a new generation of children into the world, and we want them to grow up in a world that’s sustainable – one that’s full of opportunity and hope.

...Oh, and a great bunch of people to work with too.

We also operate at Head Office:

• Hybrid flexi office working with 2 days working from home
• Flexi-time schemes based around core working hours whether in the office, or working from home
• Plus, free car parking, Prayer & Contemplation room, subsidised canteen, free tea & coffee, Games & TV rooms & much more.

(NB*: All benefits subject to individual schemes criteria & terms)